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“Receive the child in reverence, educate the child in love, release the child in freedom…”

 

 Rudolf Steiner

 


Waldorf early childhood education, also known as Steiner early years education, is devoted to the health, education and care of the young child from birth to school entrance.

Waldorf early childhood educators seek to nurture the development of each child’s unique capacities by offering warm, homelike environments with opportunities for imaginative play,meaningful purposeful work, and experiences in the arts, in nature and in community.

There are nearly 2000 Waldorf kindergartens, home programs, child care centers, and pre-schools in more than sixty countries throughout the world.

We hope that our website will provide helpful information and answers to your questions about Waldorf early childhood education around the world and about our Association.

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WORLD EARLY CHILDHOOD CONFERENCE

"The journey of the 'I' into life - final destination or a path toward freedom"

1. - 5. April 2012 , Goetheanum, Dornach, Switzerland


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  Click below for the conference program in

Would you like to visit a Waldorf kindergarten in southern Germany before you come to the conference in Switzerland?  

Several German kindergartens would be happy to have visits by colleagues from other countries for a week or two before the World Conference.  For more information, please write to

info@iaswece.org


And here you can go to  

 

 

And of course you can have a download of the  program

in black and white 

in colour

 

In order to prepare the conference you can read the first lecture in the following book from Rudolf Steiner:

"Education as Force for Social Change"